FREE Printable Kid’s Coloring Book Pages

I suppose some kids enjoy coloring, and sure, Crayola Crayons smelled fantastic, right up alongside purplish mimeographs (ahhhh, slightly cool and damp when fresh, ready for the surreptitious sniff!), but I rarely strayed from my true love — pencils, mechanical ones if possible.

Coloring BOOKS, however, now those were great, even (or especially) the ones printed on unbleached, rough newsprint. Great, that is, not for coloring, but for the art; these introduced me to line art — fantastic variations in width and stroke, for this I’m indebted (see a master at work, Patrick Owsley).

Halloween: Mad Scientist Printable Coloring Page

AJ runs a great website – a rich resource for parents or any folks who find kids pretty darn amazing, yet baffling. He reviews products aimed at new parents and generally finds the lighter side of sharing your home with ‘lil persons.

Visit the thingamababy’s You-Print Halloween Coloring Pages for Acrobat PDF versions of these pages! I’m really pleased with “Thing in a Jar” activity/coloring page, as a concept if perhaps lacking in the execution. Its intent is to provide children a fun framework in which to draw their “thing” — animal, vegetable, mineral — inside a steampunk-tricked-out Leyden Jar!

A Classic Los Angeles Institution

“Bob Baker Marionettes” Christmas Coloring Page

If you have kids, or can borrow a couple for a morning, head over to this theater for classic, true retro showmanship. Oh, and you’ll get cake and ice cream, too.